Coaching Conference

Posted by admin on Oct 26th, 2011

“STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION – RAISING THE STANDARDS”

Monaghan GAA Coaching & Games Development committee are holding a Football Coaching Conference on Saturday 26th November in St Macartan’s College, Monaghan. The conference objective is to provide quality information and innovative methods of delivery, for coaches working with players from 6 to 16 years of age.

 At the conference coaches will get the opportunity to see some of Monaghan’s finest coaches in action and also witness at first hand some of the country’s most innovative coaches & personalities share their thoughts on best coaching practices. Coaches delivering workshops at the conference are Tony Scullion (Ulster Council), John Morrison (Cavan, Senior Team Coach), John Evans (Director of Football in Tipperary), Pauric McDonald (Director of Football, Kilmacud Crokes), Macartan McKenna (Ulster DENI Coach), Marty Corey (Monaghan Games Development Assistant) & Dermot McArdle (Performance Coach System Management).

 This conference is an ideal opportunity for coaches to see coaches who are masters of their trade in action and hear and see them talking about skills, movement, and structures critical to player and club development.  The cost of the conference will be €10 per person, or where 4 from the same club attend the cost is € 30.

The conference will consist of practical & theory presentations so please come prepared for indoor & outdoor activities. Soup & sandwiches will be provided for all participants who attend the conference.

 On the application form below please complete the form AND SELECT WHICH WORKSHOPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. In order to plan and organise the conference effectively, the closing date for applicants will be FRIDAY 18^th NOVEMBER before 5pm.

For further information about the conference please read the application form attached or log onto www.monaghangaa.ie or contact Paul O’Connor on 0868374827 or by e mail at developmentmanager.monaghan@gaa.ie

Rockcorry 0-10 Carrickmacross 0-13

Posted by admin on Oct 25th, 2011

Last Sunday afternoon (23rd October) our senior team played Carrickmacross in the semi-final of the league campaign and while they showed great fighting spirit it sadly was not enough as the lads just fell short losing by three points in the end Rockcorry 0-10 Carrickmacross 0-13.

Team & Scorers: Jamie Smith, Colin Reilly, Damien Matthews, Keelan Clerkin, Niall McKeown 0-1, Keith Daly, Stephen McGuirk 0-2, Barry Patterson, Mark Daly 0-2, Colin Quinn, Noel Carroll 0-1, Martin Carroll, Mark McGuirk 0-2, Paul McKeown 0-1 and Anthony Tate. Subs: Lorcan Smyth 0-1 for Anthony Tate, Garry Calvert for Barry Patterson and Liam Connolly for Colin Quinn.

Please click the link below to view a selection of action photographs on our Flickr page.

http://www.flickr.com//photos/rockcorrygaa/show/

This concludes our football season this year and on behalf of the club I would like to thank our management team of Cormac McFadden, Mickey Conlon and David McGregor for all their efforts and the time they devoted towards a demanding job. Also many thanks to all the players for their efforts and for working hard during the year and we look forward to next year with great anticipation.

Climb for Charity

Posted by admin on Oct 25th, 2011

Jambo folks, I made it to the top (eventually) and as I reflect on the past ten days I have to say it was a very challenging experience both physically, mentally and emotionally (there were many tears along the way both joyful and sad). We walked through a lot of rain, wind, glaring heat and dust storms we had to deal with tiredness, altitude sickness, dehydration, exhaustion, nosebleeds, black toenails, blisters and sunburn. We also had to deal with some dodgy food that more often resulted in numerous trips to the wonderful toilet facilities!!! They say it’s impossible to hang on to any sort of dignity when walking Kilimanjaro because we were filthy, bedraggled and greasy animals but when you reach the top everything you have been through was worth it.

So now the adventure is over, I would like to personally take this opportunity to express my appreciation for the generous support I received towards my fund raising campaign for the Irish Heart Foundation. The support from companies and the many individuals who made contributions was incredible and the amount of support and goodwill I received during the year was overwhelming and I am very thankful for your sponsorship towards the Irish Heart Foundation which amounted to €6,055.00.

Top 4 Lotto Results

Posted by admin on Oct 25th, 2011

The numbers drawn on Monday 24th October were 1, 7, 11 and 25. There was no jackpot winner of €9,500.00. The following won €15 each :- Gabriel Greenan Rockcorry, Tracey Rooney Rockcorry, Andy Mannering Aghabog, Laureen Woods Rockcorry, Breda Clerkin Aghabog, Bill Coffey Cootehill, Siobhan O’Reilly Newbliss, Aindi Dempsey Rockcorry. Congratulations to all the winners. Next week our jackpot will be €9,600.00 and the draw will take place in the Aghabog GAA Complex. Thank you for supporting our Top 4 lotto draw.

Club Notes 25th Ocotber

Posted by admin on Oct 25th, 2011

Monaghan Electrical Intermediate League

Last Sunday afternoon our senior team played Carrickmacross in the semi-final of the league campaign and while they showed great fighting spirit it sadly was not enough as the lads just fell short losing by three points in the end Rockcorry 0-10 Carrickmacross 0-13. Team & Scorers: Jamie Smith, Colin Reilly, Damien Matthews, Keelan Clerkin, Niall McKeown 0-1, Keith Daly, Stephen McGuirk 0-2, Barry Patterson, Mark Daly 0-2, Colin Quinn, Noel Carroll 0-1, Martin Carroll, Mark McGuirk 0-2, Paul McKeown 0-1 and Anthony Tate. Subs: Lorcan Smyth 0-1 for Anthony Tate, Garry Calvert for Barry Patterson and Liam Connolly for Colin Quinn. This concludes are football season and on behalf of the club I would like to thank our management team of Cormac McFadden, Mickey Conlon and David McGregor for all their efforts and the time they devoted towards a demanding job. Also many thanks to all the players for their efforts and for working hard during the year and we look forward to next year with great anticipation.

Come Dine For Rock

Our upcoming fund raising night entitled “Come Dine for Rock” has been fixed for Saturday 19^th November.  If you’re a fan of the hugely popular TV show ‘Come Dine With Me’ you will know the drill. But for those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about the challenge is easy. Simply, invite close friends and family over for a delicious meal (a minimum of ten people) have some craic and in return ask your guests for a minimum donation of €10 per head to support the club. It’s as easy as that. If you would like to host a dinner party then please contact club chairman Jimmy McGeough or club secretary Martina McKeown or indeed any committee member and they will be delighted to talk to you and give you details. Furthermore, everyone who hosts an event will be entered into a fabulous competition for a special prize or prizes so no excuses get involved, be inspired and indulged yourself and your guests.

TOP 4 LOTTO JACKPOT €9,600  

The numbers drawn last Monday night were 1, 7, 11 and 25. There was no jackpot winner of €9,500.00. The following won €15 each :- Gabriel Greenan Rockcorry, Tracey Rooney Rockcorry, Andy Mannering Aghabog, Laureen Woods Rockcorry, Breda Clerkin Aghabog, Bill Coffey Cootehill, Siobhan O’Reilly Newbliss, Aindi Dempsey Rockcorry. Congratulations to all the winners. Next week our jackpot will be €9,600.00 and the draw will take place in the Aghabog GAA Complex. Thank you for supporting our Top 4 lotto draw.

Birthday Celebrations

Congratulations to Jamie Smith who celebrated his 21^st birthday last weekend. Happy birthday Jamie and we hope you celebrate many more of them in the years to come.

JACKPOT €9,400.00

Posted by admin on Oct 11th, 2011

The numbers drawn on Monday 10th October were 3, 7, 18 and 21. There was no jackpot winner of €9,300.00. The following won €15 each :-

John Quinn, Rockcorry

Jamie Lynch, Cootehill

Samantha Walls, Rockcorry

Raymond Logue, Aghabog

Keelan Clerkin, Rockcorry

Seamus, Rory & Conal, Rockcorry

Kieran Fitzpatrick & Anthony Clerkin, Rockcorry

Hugh McDermott, Rockcorry

Next week our jackpot will be €9,400.00 and the draw will take place in the Maple Bar. Thank you for supporting our Top 4 lotto draw.

Club Notes 11th October

Posted by admin on Oct 11th, 2011

Mount Kilimanjaro

There’s a well-known phrase that goes “you talk the talk, but can you walk the walk”. Well the time for talking is now over and during the next ten days I will see if I can ‘walk the walk’ as I set out to complete my challenge for the Irish Heart Foundation and trek to the roof of Africa’s highest point, Uhuru Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro. On a personal note, I’d like to thank everyone who supported me with good wishes over the last six months and I’ll see you all in a fortnight’s time hopefully after a successful ascent!

Monaghan Electrical Intermediate League

After a lapse last weekend against Eire Og the senior team remain on course to qualify for a semi-final spot after a 1-6 to 2-12 victory over Sean McDermott’s last Saturday afternoon. In a game that seldom reached high levels of quality or intensity the lads can take a lot of encouragement from their display as they matched Sean’s in every department and were fully focused on winning and achieved that goal with a decent performance. The scene is now set for an exciting finish to the league campaign because this weekend we have an opportunity to claim fourth spot with a win against Donaghmoyne. The match is a home game this Saturday 15^th October and has a throw-in time of 4.00pm. Unfortunately lads I won’t be there to cheer you and I know you have worked hard throughout the year and on that note you thoroughly deserve a semi-final position. But as we our all aware sometimes in life what you deserve and what you get are two completely different things. Always remember lads, you have the ability and skill to achieve this goal, work hard for each other, back-up each other and just go out and make it happen. All the best lads. For a full match report and to view a selection of action photographs please log onto www.rockcorrygaa.ie

Come Dine For Rock

There’s certainly a great buzz around the village at the moment with regards to our upcoming fund raising night, entitled “Come Dine for Rock”, because everyone seems to be talking about – Ahhhhh delicious foooood. I have also heard on the grapevine that a number of locals visited the Taste of Monaghan festival last weekend to pick up some cooking tips and some inspiration from the main man himself Neven Maguire. The competitive edge is definitely coming out in some people!!! If you’re already a fan of the popular TV show ‘Come Dine With Me’ you will know the drill. But for those of you who don’t know what we’re talking about the challenge is simple. We are calling on all club members and food lovers to create a ‘Come Dine With Me’ style event to help raise money for the club. It’s easy to do, simply host a dinner party, tea party, barbeque or any other type of foodie night.  Invite family and friends (a minimum of ten) over to enjoy a lovely meal and have a great night’s craic and in return ask your guests for a minimum donation of €10-€20 to support the club. Remember, it doesn’t have to be an extravagant five course meal or a black tie gala dinner because the choice is entirely up to you. If you’ve guests are happy with beans on toast or a boiled egg then that’s perfectly acceptable. If you would like to host a dinner party then please contact club chairman Jimmy McGeough or club secretary Martina McKeown or indeed any committee member and they will be delighted to talk to you. In addition, everyone who hosts an event will be entered into a competition for a special prize so no excuses get involved, be inspired and get that apron on and get cooking.

Darts Competition

Many thanks to Joseph Rooney who organized a darts competition in Fitzpatrick’s last Sunday evening for the Irish Heart Foundation. The overall winner was Marty Fox who defeated Shane McGuirk in the final. I would also like to thank Noeleen Fitzpatrick for sponsoring the trophies and Ivan McCollom, Anthony Clerkin and Kieran & Joseph Rooney for donating spot prizes on the night. Thanks folks.

Rockcorry GAA Annual Yearbook

Any company, individual or family that would like to place a small advertisement or a goodwill notice our annual yearbook can you please contact myself on 086-1041165. Don’t be afraid it’s not going to cost very much maximum €20 or if people would like to take a larger advertisement I would be delighted to talk to you.

TOP 4 LOTTO JACKPOT €9,400  

The numbers drawn last Monday night were 3, 7, 18 and 21. There was no jackpot winner of €9,300.00. The following won €15 each :-John Quinn Rockcorry, Jamie Lynch Cootehill, Samantha Walls Rockcorry, Raymond Logue Aghabog, Keelan Clerkin Rockcorry, Seamus, Rory & Conal Rockcorry, Kieran Fitzpatrick & Anthony Clerkin Rockcorry, Hugh McDermott Rockcorry. Next week our jackpot will be €9,400.00 and the draw will take place in the Maple Bar. Thank you for supporting our Top 4 lotto draw.

League Table (9th October)

Posted by admin on Oct 9th, 2011

MONAGHAN ELECTRICAL INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLE

Below is the league table after Round 17.

Sean McDermott 1-6 Rockcorry 2-12

Posted by admin on Oct 9th, 2011

Rock have too much class for Sean’s

After a lapse last weekend the senior team remain on course to qualify for a semi-final spot after a 1-6 to 2-12 victory over Sean McDermott’s last Saturday afternoon. In a game that seldom reached high levels of quality or intensity the lads can take a lot of encouragement from their display as they matched Sean’s in every department and were fully focused on winning and achieved that goal with a degree of ruthlessness. But make no mistake about it we have plenty of work to do before next weekend’s encounter against Donaghmoyne.

The game was played in wet and slippery conditions and Sean McDermott’s opened the scoring after just fourteen seconds on the clock with a neat point from play. It didn’t take us long to respond as Dwayne Rooney fired over a lovely point on the 2^nd minute. The following five minutes were scoreless but Stephen McGuirk squeezed us back in front on the 7^th minute with a lovely strike but Sean McDermott’s evened up the scores moments afterwards when they pointed. We received a great boost midway through the first half when Martin Carroll collected a delightful cross field pass by Garry Calvert and he neatly side stepped the advances of the Sean McDermott’s goal-keeper and was left with the easy task of tapping the ball into an empty net. Both teams were guilty of missing scoring opportunities before Sean McDermott’s tagged on another point on the 16^th minute to close the deficit and leave the score 0-3 to 1-2. We then enjoyed our best spell of the game as we showed our extra degree of class by scoring three  points without reply to take a firm grip on proceedings. The first came from the boot of Stephen McGuirk when he converted a free-kick and Paul McKeown slotted over the second when he collected a pass from Niall McKeown and Stephen McGuirk added the third from a free-kick after Dwayne Rooney was brought down to leave the score at the interval Sean McDermott’s 0-3 Rockcorry 1-5.

Dwayne Rooney collects the ball ahead of his opponent before firing over a point

At the start of the second half we continued where we left off in the first half and the game was effectively decided in the third quarter when we scored four unanswered points to open up a nine point gap, leading 0-3 to 1-9. Anthony Tate got the scoring underway with just two minutes on the clock and this was followed up with further scores from Mark Daly and two from Dwayne Rooney. Sean McDermott’s narrowed the gap when they converted a free-kick on the 18^th minute but this was cancelled out when Mark Daly curled over a lovely point on the 21^st minute. Sean McDermott’s responded immediately with a fine point from play but when substitute Noel Carroll found Stephen Lynch in some space he tapped over a point and this was quickly followed by a fantastic score from Paul McKeown to maintain a healthy 0-5 to 1-12 advantage.

Paul McKeown shakes off the challenge from two Sean McDermott players before slotting over a fantastic point

With time running out Sean McDermott’s were applying a lot of pressure and all their hard work paid off when they managed to snatch a consolation goal on the 28^th minute to narrow the deficit. However, it failed to rattle us and as injury time began we swept downfield and when, one time goal-keeper now turned goal poacher, Stephen Lynch collected the ball he turned sharply inside his opponent and then sold his opponents numerous dummy’s before racing forward and neatly firing into the top corner of the net with a screamer! (Oh dear, sorry folks that’s not the way it happened but if you were speaking to Stephen after the game it’s a pretty close account of the score!)

Truthfully, the way it actually happened a shot ricocheted off the upright and landed gratefully into the waiting arms of the dangerous Stephen Lynch whose initial shot was saved by the Sean McDermott’s goal-keeper but he seized the initiative and somehow (the emphasis on somehow!) managed to get the ball across the line, but as they say “they all count”. The final score of the game came from Sean McDermott’s when they pointed on the 32^nd minute to leave the final score Sean McDermott’s 1-6 Rockcorry 2-12.

A happy Stephen Lynch cannot hide his delight after scoring 1-1 during the game

The scene is now set for an exciting finish to the league campaign because this weekend we have an opportunity claim fourth place with a win against Donaghmoyne. The game is a home game and is fixed for this Saturday 15^th October and has a throw-in time of 4.00pm. Unfortunately lads I won’t be there to cheer you and I know you have worked hard throughout the year and on that note you thoroughly deserve a semi-final position. But as we all know sometimes in life what you deserve and what you get are two completely different things. Always remember lads, you have the ability and skill to achieve this goal, work hard for each other, support each other and just go out and make it happen. All the best lads.

Please click the link below to view a selection of action photographs on our Flickr page:

http://www.flickr.com//photos/rockcorrygaa/sets/72157627735075447/show/

Team & Scorers: Jamie Smith, Keelan Clerkin, Damien Matthews, Colin Reilly, Stephen McGuirk 0-3, Keith Daly, Niall McKeown, Barry Patterson, Mark Daly 0-2, Colin Quinn, Carry Calvert, Martin Carroll 1-0, Anthony Tate 0-1, Paul McKeown 0-2, Dwayne Rooney 0-3. Subs: Mark McGuirk for Garry Calvert, Noel Carroll for Colin Quinn, Stephen Lynch for Anthony Tate, Pauric Reilly for Keelan Clerkin and Liam Connolly for Barry Patterson.

Autumn Coaching Programme

Posted by admin on Oct 5th, 2011

Monaghan Games & Development Manager Paul O’Connor has launched a schedule of coaching education and development programme for the Autumn.

Please click the link below to view a selection of courses and dates. If you are interested in attending any of these please contact our youth officer Pascal Smyth or alternatively contact Paul O’Connor directly.